Prof. Girija Chetty
University of Canberra, Australia

Dr. Girija Chetty is a Full Professor in School of Information Technology and Systems, at University of Canberra, Australia, and leads a research group with several PhD students, Post Docs, research assistants and regular International and National visiting researchers. has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from India, and PhD in Information Sciences and Engineering from Australia. She has more than 35 years of experience in Industry, Research and Teaching from Universities and Research and Development Organisations from India and Australia, and has held several leadership positions including Head of Software Engineering and Computer Science, Program Director of ITS courses, and Course Director for Master of Computing and Information Technology Courses. She has published extensively with more than 200 fully refereed publications in several invited book chapters, edited books, high quality conference and journals. She is highly interested in seeking wide and interdisciplinary collaborations, research scholars and visitors in her research group.

Prof. Yigui Zhong
Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China

Yigui Zhong, PhD at Engineering Technology and Science Institute of University of Science and Technology of China, Software Senior Engineer, Professor of Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, with 20 years experiences in enterprises, such as, China Great Dragon Information Technology Co., LTD, Chengdu Huayu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. etc., and 12 years experiences in universities. Research interest: the research and development of intelligent enterprise system for natural-plants-based products, for instance, implementation of a management algorithm in the cake processing using multi-agent system, and an shelf life management algorithm based on optimum sales opportunity in avocado cold chain using multi-agent system, etc.

Assoc. Prof. Budan Wu
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Budan Wu is currently an associate professor with State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. She received her Ph.D. degree in computer software and theory from Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2009. Her current research interests include business process management, big data analysis, and cloud computing. She has received several honors and awards, including China Institute of Communications Science and Technology Award. She has been involved in several national projects, including two National 973 Fundamental Research and Development Programs, one National key research and development program and one Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Assoc. Prof. Ehsan Atoofian
Lakehead University, Canada

Ehsan Atoofian is an associate professor at the Electrical Engineering Department, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. His research interests include computer architecture with emphasis on many-core processors, parallel programming models, and power-aware micro-architectures. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in computer engineering from University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2000 and 2003, respectively. He received his Ph.D. from University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada in 2008.

Assoc. Prof. Chandra Mouli R. Madhuranthakam
Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates

Chandra Mouli R. Madhuranthakam joined Abu Dhabi University in 2016 and is currently serving as an associate professor in the department of chemical engineering. Prior to coming to ADU, he was a faculty member at the University of Waterloo. Until today, he has almost 15 years of research and teaching experience for both undergraduate and graduate students in the field of chemical engineering.
Dr. Madhuranthakam received his PhD from the University of Waterloo, his Master of Science in Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and undergraduate degree at Sri Venkateswara University, India. All degrees were obtained in chemical engineering as a major. Dr. Madhuranthakam also holds P. Eng which is given by the Professional Engineers Ontario, Canada. Dr. Madhuranthakam's research expertise and interests include: Polymer Simulations, Process Systems Engineering, Polymer Reaction Engineering, Water Treatment.

Prof. Robert Eduardo Cooper Ordoñez
UNICAMP - University of Campinas, Brazil

Robert Eduardo Cooper Ordóñez is with the Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, Schoof of Mechanical Engineering (University of Campinas, Brazil), experienced in Product Development, Project Management and Production Systems in industry. He holds B.Sc. at Universidad Autónoma de Occidente (Colombia) and M.Sc. and PhD degrees at University of Campinas (Brazil). He teaches courses on manufacturing engineering, project management and sustainability. His research interest includes project management, product life cycle management and Industry 4.0.